Ronnie Kabwika’s comedy, his first feature film, shot in full in the city will be seen there for the first time this April 8 at 19h at the Halle de la Gombe after its world premiere at the 2nd edition of the International Film Festival African Belgium in September 2015. The story of the film,…

Everything is connected ! In particular our beautiful country of France with unsavory regimes in Africa. Our friendships and kindnesses towards various African plutocrats seem limitless. Bottomless. Without light. Obscure. As the journalist Nicolas B. reminds us, on the site of mondafrique.com, everything is not all white, and everything is not all black. As Abderrahmane…

April 5, 2016 Sarah Boslaugh Movie Festivals 0 Sembene once said that he would sleep with the Devil to make his films, and that attitude is reflected in some less than admirable behavior in his life. The 2016 African Film Festival at Washington University concluded with a screening of a comedy from Tunisia and a documentary from Burkina…

The Vancouver South African Film Festival opens its sixth edition on Friday (April 8) with the Vancouver premiere of The Shore Break. Read our interview with director Ryley Grunenwald about her doc, which resonates at home in its depiction of the battle between indigenous people and mining interests set on ravaging South Africa’s Wild Coast. But there’s more…

03/14/2016 Registrations. You want to participate in the Festival? You are in the right place. The “Lights of Africa” festival The historical event of the APACA. Movies Competition of long feature films: open to film productions shot in Africa under two years by African filmmakers. Contact: Gerard Marion. The projects are addressed to: APACA, Africa…

Many are those wishing to enroll into a school of cinema or Graphics, equipped with all the necessary infrastructure with qualified supervisors. Having already spent one year at the ESAV Marrakech (School of visual arts of Marrakech), I can only recommend it. To be admitted to Esav in Cinema or Graphics, one must take an entrance examination.…

The Francophone International Institute (IFI), attached to the National University of Vietnam in Hanoi, is launching its recruitment campaign for the 2016-2017 academic year. This recruitment is open to candidates of all nationalities. -BAP The Francophone International Institute in partnership with the University of La Rochelle and the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 offers two…

The Africa in Motion (AiM) Film Festival 2016 for short films and documentaries, is now open for entries. The aim of the Africa in Motion short film and documentary competitions is to nurture and support young and new filmmakers from all over the African continent, in the knowledge that making films can be a real…

The Saturday evening programme of the African Film Festival began with a screening of Afripedia:Angola (28 min.), the first episode in a documentary series created for Swedish television that focuses on African creative artists. Afripedia: Angola, directed by Teddy Goitom and Benjamin Taft, includes interviews and performances from Kuduro artists, a type of music and dance that incorporates aspects of…

Boubacar Coulibaly, chairman of the African Film Festival, wants to help bring the cultures of his homeland to a New Zealand audience. For Boubacar Coulibaly, film presents the ideal vehicle with which to express cultures of his homeland. The Aucklander is the chairman of the African Film Festival, a showcase now running for its…